Central Park Spring Relay

The Central Park Spring Relay by NYTRI features a 12 mile bike ride, 2.2 mile run and a .75 mile row/boat ride.

The bike course (12 mi.) consists of two (6 mile) loops of Central Park. Team cyclists will wait for the runner next to their assigned bike rack and WILL NOT REMOVE THEIR BIKE FROM THE RACK UNTIL they are tagged by the runner.

Cyclists must stay in the middle and right lanes at ALL times and may not enter the runners (left) lane under ANY circumstances. The bike course begins on the boardwalk and make a right and head west for one complete loop. While biking, no drafting – keep 3 bike lengths apart.

The run (2.2 mi.) starts on East Drive at 74th Street, goes north to a turn around point at 96th Street (on East Drive) and back along the same route to the transition area. The turn point is indicated by a “U-Turn” sign affixed to the top of a large cone. Runners must stay to the left side of the runners lane (both out and back), as indicated by the “Runners Stay Left” signs affixed to cones along the run course.

For the boat segment, four orange buoys will mark the course. Boats must pass all markers on the left (markers will be to the right of the boat). The fourth marker, designates the turn around point of the row course. After going around the turn around marker, row back to the finish line with buoys on their right. The finish line is marked with two large orange buoys and a balloon arch. Boats must pass through the final set of buoys to be scored.

The field will be limited to the first 100 competitors.

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